Category: Howe News Bulletin

Photos by Michelle Carney

A group of adults and kids showed up to pick up trash and Keep Howe Beautiful.  More are on their way at 10 am.

Tomorrow (Saturday) is Keep Howe Beautiful’s “Trash-Off.” They are asking citizens to come together to clean up Howe by picking up trash and they have special incentives for those who care to do so. There will be cash laying around on the ground along with gift certificates from local businesses. Those who actually do volunteer to pick up trash could actually make some money and or gift certificates to local businesses.

Volunteers of all ages are asked to meet at 10 am at the Howe Development Alliance building at 101 E. Haning St. KHB is asking volunteers to bring gloves and proper shoes. Trash bags will be provided.

From 3pm – 6pm today at Salvage Junky, passersby have made their way down Denny Street to find today to be the first day of the 2016 Farmers Market at Salvage Junky.  Several vendors are set up on the property with fresh produce.

This May 7, the Howe Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 3oth Annual Founders Day celebration in Downtown Howe.  They have completely re-branded the event to be more in tune with Howe’s successful annual Fall Festival.  The chamber has moved Founders Day from the traditional 8 am – noon to an evening event which will now start at 2 pm and go through 8 pm with live music and performances throughout the day.  City Lights Band will play from 3 pm – 5 pm and will be followed by Duane Peters and Simply Blessed from 6 pm – 8 pm.  Peters performed at the first Founders Day in 1986.

The newly chartered Howe Lions Club will host their first event – a 42 tournament and the Howe Chamber is hosting such events as a horseshoe tournament, lawnmower race, and Touch a Truck event.  The Touch a Truck will take place on the west end of Davis Street in the field behind Independent Bank.  It will feature large machines such as Fire trucks, tractors, combine, county and city machinery, police vehicle, and others.  Kids will be able to sit in the vehicles and have their pictures made for a small fee.  The money raised in this event will go back to the kids in the form of upgrading the city parks.

There will be plenty of food options available at Founders Day including pizza, fries, kettle corn, hot dogs, cinnamon bites, sliders, peanuts, homemade ice cream, and shaved ice.  Abby’s Restaurant and Gabriela’s Mexican Cocina will also be open for business.

There will be two different inflatable bounce houses for kids as well as a bubble machine and face painting.  Many vendors are providing games for the kids.  Earlier in the day, there will be a bicycle repair clinic held for kids at First Baptist Church.

The Howe Fire Department is working with a classic car club to overhaul the Classic Car Show and make it the best in years.  Rob Hunt of AAAA Automotive and Kevin Barnett of Star Auto Body have confirmed to be a judge of the show.

The Howe Lions Club has not set an entry fee just yet for the 42 tournament, but the horseshoe tournament and lawnmower race entry fees will be $10.  To enter in any of these events please email info@howechamber.com and specify your event.

A Facebook event page has been made and you can find it here.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – DOWNTOWN HOWE
1PM – VENDOR SETUP
2PM – HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT
2PM – CLASSIC CAR SHOW
2PM – HOWE LIONS CLUB 42 DOMINO TOURNAMENT
2PM – TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT STARTS ON W. DAVIS STREET
3PM – CITY LIGHTS BAND LIVE MUSIC
4PM – ATHLETIC CHEER FORCE PERFORMANCE
5PM – LIVE PIE AUCTION
5:15PM – FIERCE MOTIONS DANCE PERFORMANCE
5:30 PM – LAWNMOWER RACES IN DOWNTOWN
6PM – TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT ENDS
6PM – DUANE PETERS AND SIMPLY BLESSED LIVE MUSIC BEGINS
7PM – ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WINNERS OF ALL EVENTS
8PM – FOUNDERS DAY OFFICIALLY ENDS

Cold Springs Storage in Van Alstyne has donated a storage facility for Tim and Kathy Becker who lost their home to fire on April 5.  For those wanting to make donations to the family who lost everything, they can contact Kathy Becker directly at 309-269-9059.

The Beckers lost everything in the fire and have been able to get clothing from Peggy’s Porch.  Monetary donations are being held by the Howe Chamber of Commerce for those interested in making a deposit into that account with Independent Bank.  100 percent of the funds earmarked for the family will go to the Becker family.

Marvin Edward (M.E.) Curtis, age 75 of Howe, passed away on April 10, 2016.  He was born November 16, 1940 in Katie, OK, the son of Ama Harrison and Ruby Inez Stevens Curtis.  He joined the National Guard in 1956 and was mobilized with the 49th Infantry Division and served a year at Ft. Polk, LA.  He met Marie at Southeast High School in Oklahoma City in 1956.  They were married on February 22, 1958 in Oklahoma City.  After high school, they moved to Garland, TX where M.E. worked for Safeway until he went to work for Texas Instruments in 1960.  He worked for T.I. at several locations including Dallas, Sherman, Lubbock and Abilene.  After 30 years, he retired and built M&M’s Place in Howe, TX.  There M.E. started the tradition of the “round table” sessions which continues today at the local Quick Check store.  M.E. and Marie loved to travel with friends.  They loved going to Lake Texoma, where they enjoyed entertaining friends and family at the lake house.  They also enjoyed country music, dancing and singing karaoke.

M.E. was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers (Hubert, Lloyd, Glenn, and Bill) and sister Marilyn.

M.E. is survived by his loving wife Marie, sister Roselyn Brooks and husband Eddie of Katie, OK., daughter Paris Palacios and husband Lee of Howe, daughter Allison Curtis and fiance Joshua of Howe; grandchildren Corey Curtis and Casie of Howe, Syreeta Carter and husband Jay of Plano, Sarah Palacios of Abilene, Keith Roper and wife Patty of Rockwall, Shannon Trammell and husband Matt of Denton, Alandra Roper and fiance Brent of Howe, Lane Roper of Howe; great grandchildren Alex, Olivia, Molly, Malachai, Mattie Jo and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 2 PM at the First Baptist Church in Howe, TX.  The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 from 6 to 8 PM at the Scoggins Funeral Home in Van Alstyne, TX.

The pallbearers will be Corey Curtis, Keith Roper, Brent Lingle, Jay Carter, Lane Roper, Alex Moore, and Corey Williams.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Lung Association.

Marvin “M.E.” Curtis, former owner of the former M&M’s Place and M&M’s Hardware, passed from this earth on Sunday, April 10 after a long battle with illness.  Family night will take place Wednesday evening at Scoggins Funeral Home in Van Alstyne from 6 pm to 8 pm. The funeral will be at the First Baptist Church Howe at 2 pm on Thursday.

Full obituary coming soon.

The long awaited secret has been revealed.  Palio’s Pizza Cafe is to open in approximately a month and a half in Howe.  Owner Harry Awad says that Howe’s location the smallest town size of any of the 42 Palio’s locations, but thinks the future of the city is bright.

Full story in the coming weeks.